BNI Mississippi part of the World's Largest Business Networking and Referral Organization

BNI (Business Network International) Mississippi's purposeis to help businesses large and small, grow their business and make more money! BNI's culture is built upon the philosophy of "Givers Gain". This is a culture of caring about giving business, professional development and building consistent, proactive and reciprocal business relationships.

In 2017 over 227,000 BNI members passed 9.8 million referrals resulting in $13.6 in business!

BNI helps members develop a structured, positive, and professional referral marketing program which provides them the opportunity to:

a. Gain new business.
b. Receive business education.
c. Improve business networking skills with positive business people.
d. Speak about business before an audience of positive, like-minded business owners.

First Time Visitors. The best way to find out about BNI is to visit a chapter. If you are a first time visitor, please call (504) 834-5264, click hereto send an email orclick hereto find out more about how tovisit and join a chapter. If you are interested in starting a new chapter, you will also find the information on the process and who to contact.

Laquica Fisher

Congratulations to this month's Spotlight Member, Laquica Fisher. Laquica, who joined BNI almost 4 years ago, is a member of the Baton Rouge Yes Chapter, which was recently recognized as a Million Dollar Chapter as well the chapter with the most referrals under her leadership as President.

She is the agency owner of Safe Lily Insurance Agency, LLC providing property and casualty insurance. She describes Safe Lily Insurance Agency as "an independent insurance agency that specializes in meeting clients' particular needs regarding property and casualty insurance. Our knowledgeable, highly experienced team of specialists focuses on providing world-class customer service you expect and deserve. With Safe Lily Insurance Agency, you get immediate service in one place. We are your one-stop insurance shop."

In addition to managing the agency, Laquica is also currently enrolled in school working to pursue her doctoral degree. At the Fall Leadership Conference, Laquica was awarded for earning a Green Traffic Light for 12 months as well as Notable Networker by her chapter members. During her membership, she has served in all three positions of the Leadership Team and is currently on the Membership Committee.

Congratulations to Laquica as outstanding member of BNI! Please click here to visit her page on the BNI website.

North Shore BNI Referral Express

This month's Spotlight Chapter, Northshore BNI Referral Express, began more than 10 years ago and is a recent recipient of the Silver Medallion Pin status. At 33 members currently, Referral Express earned the Silver Medallion Pin for maintaining 30 or more members for several months. They were also recognized at the Fall Leadership Conference for earning 11 months of a Green Traffic Light Rating and passing the most referrals in the region.

In the past year, Referral Express has passed more than 1,400 referrals, hosted over 50 visitors, conducted more than 1,300 one-to-ones, and reported $879,886 in closed business.